Group of students shave their heads to support a girl with cancer returning to school

Even though this 9-year-old girl was diagnosed with cancer, she will get by with a little help from her friends – all 86 of them.

After Marlee Pack was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma last spring, the teachers and students of Meridian Elementary in Broomfield, Colorado weren’t about to let her struggle through it alone.

Marlee’s friend Cameron decided to support her bestie by shaving her head in solidarity. Her gesture, then, inspired the school to organize a charity event entitled “Be Bold, Be Brave, Go Bald” on March 16th.

80 students, three female teachers, both male principals and even a student’s mom all shaved their heads to raise money for the Saint Baldrick’s Foundation for cancer research.